The Most Useful Terminal Commands Every Mac User Should Know
Screenshot: Pranay Parab Terminal on your Mac can do some surprisingly useful things, such as check your internet’s speed, change which kinds of apps you see in the dock, and…
Relive the ’90s With These Web-Based Mac Emulators
Screenshot: Jake Peterson Back in the ‘90s, you needed to have powerful hardware to use an operating system as advanced as, oh, Mac OS 8. Nowadays, you can run the…
8 Ways to Make Your Mac’s Dock More Useful
Screenshot: Pranay Parab If you want a radically different dock that shows just the apps that are currently running on your Mac, a simple Terminal command will get it done—but…
Why Finder Won’t Let You Eject Disk Images (and How to Fix It)
Screenshot: Jake Peterson It’s frustrating when your computer doesn’t do what you ask. If you no longer need a disk image connected to your Mac, and you go to eject…
How to Find All the Old Product Icons Apple Has Hidden in macOS
Screenshot: Jake Peterson As a lifelong Mac user, I always love learning about something hidden feature of my computer, such as the ability to change your mouse’s cursor color. So…
The Easiest Way to (Maybe) Fix macOS Monterey’s Memory Leak Bug
Photo: Extarz (Shutterstock) Have you noticed your Mac slowing down after you upgraded to macOS 12 Monterey? You aren’t alone. Plenty of people have reported seemingly random slowdowns and extraordinarily…
How to Wipe Your Mac Without Reinstalling the OS
Photo: Farknot Architect (Shutterstock) Resetting a Mac has always been a headache: The only way to do it securely was to format the entire Mac and reinstall the OS. You…
How to Test Drive Universal Control on macOS Monterey Beta
One of the most exciting features that Apple announced at WWDC 2021 was Universal Control. This feature lets you seamlessly switch the cursor and keyboard between multiple Macs and iPads.…